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4 years ago
@StnR: I've heard several people mention this was where a lot of Follies girls went. Would love to support but honestly still don't feel 100% comfortable venturing out right now. Plus, it's not gonna be quite as fun with everybody's faces covered up (but I get why they have to be).
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4 years ago
@Jay104: thanks for the update (and teeny bit of hope, lol). I really like this club but I know Chamblee has been gunning for it for a while. And yeah, it was all over social media a few weeks ago (mostly with people saying it was closed but with no evidence).
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4 years ago
So. . .last I heard, Follies lost their appeal on July 1 but a decision would be made on what to do with them on July 15.
Anybody know anything new about their status?
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4 years ago
@goldmongerATL: I've heard Platinum, too (in fact, one of the Follies people I follow on social media mentioned it). Don't get me wrong: despite what's coming from Kemp, I don't exactly feel safe visiting the titty bar right now (I'm still not dining out in public), but should Follies officially close and things eventually get back to sorta normal, might need a backup spot.
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4 years ago
@goldmongerATL: City of Chamblee has been floating that bullshit "no alcohol" or "no nudity" ultimatum for years, but looks like they're using COVID as a way to force Follies to choose.
I mean, that shouldn't be a hard choice: how successful is a titty bar gonna be that says, "We don't do nudity but you can pay $10 for parking and get some nice drinks?"
I can get drunk and not see tits at home for free.
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4 years ago
@rickdugan @PapiChulo:
Ok, um, appreciate the comments, I guess, but you both seemed to not understand the point of why I posted this: after experiencing firsthand what it's really like on more than one occasion, I don't need an education on stripper psychosis, or a diagnosis of my own thinking at the time I engaged them ("...his obvious neediness speaks to both a younger age and a distinct lack of success with women" - Uh, seriously, bro, you're not my shrink and don't even know me. I've had plenty of girlfriends and success with women who have never worked the poles).
The point of posting this was to answer the original poster's question about any real OTC experiences and use what I learned from both instances to warn any others of what they're in store for them if they decide to go down that road.
Also, not sure how either of you took away that I was "upset" about the second experience because I was not. It was more of a "I guess they fit the stereotype" thing. I learned after the first OTC experience not to invest too much into stripper honesty.
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4 years ago
Done it twice.
One was just a dinner with a dancer I actually grew to really like and even, stupidly, wanted to try having a relationship with. Despite how we've talked on the phone and in the club before, she was actually kind of shy and the dinner was a little boring. Nothing ever came of it, though. We had planned to meet up 3 more times and she stood me up on each occasion. Definitely the most inconsiderate person I've ever seriously tried to date (yes, date, not just fuck).
On the second occasion, it was a little bit more about sex than anything else, but I don't regret it, really. It was fun and she was great in bed (or couch, I should say, as we never made it to the bed). Met up 3 times in May (back-to-back days, on one occasion). Haven't talked to/met up with her since then, though. Found out she lied about being single and has actually been married. For like 20 years!
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4 years ago
@jowebber, hey do you have the bouncers' insta or Twitter usernames? If you're comfortable disclosing, that is.
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4 years ago
@rockerstan1, I actually only followed one on social media but stopped a few weeks ago and deleted the others from my phone contact list because they kept mentioning it, which got kind of annoying (especially when you're trying to talk to someone else and she keeps asking why your phone is blowing up with strippers, lol).
But I'll say that two people on Instagram you might look into are a dj (djjohnfollies) and a waitress (i.am.astar) who both have a lot of dancers follow them (and these dancers will probably have their OF links in their bios), and they both post information on opening/closings whenever the information comes in.
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4 years ago
Yeah, I follow one of the dj's and a few dancers on social media. They're as in the dark as most of us, honestly. Last week, they were all posting and talking about how excited they were to reopen on July 1.
But by this Monday, they had all deleted those posts.
Chamblee has been trying to shut Follies down for years, and to be honest, Follies hasn't helped their case. When the state-wide closures for COVID hit, Follies stayed open, even though I'm sure some of the dancers had it but still went to work anyway.
I'd hate them to shut it down because it's my favorite club and is only like 5 min away from me, but I think if they stay closed for too long, they may not ever reopen (a few girls have found legitimate jobs).